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<h1 class="topictitle1">After the System Disk of a VMware VM Is Restored to a New VM, the Target VM Fails to Be Started</h1>
<div><div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Symptom</h4><p>After the system disk of a VMware VM is restored to a new VM, the target VM, upon startup, enters the <strong>Boot Manager</strong> page and cannot be started using any boot option.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Possible Causes</h4><p>When the system disk of a VM is restored to a new VM that runs a different OS or OS version, the boot option of the source VMware VM is BIOS, but that of the target VM can only be EFI.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Troubleshooting</h4><ol><li><span>Use a browser to log in to the vCenter Server and choose <span class="menucascade"><b><span class="uicontrol">VM Options</span></b> &gt; <b><span class="uicontrol">Boot Options</span></b> &gt; <b><span class="uicontrol">Firmware</span></b></span> to view the boot option of the corresponding VM.</span></li><li><span>If the boot options of the source VM and target VM are different, perform VM restoration.</span></li></ol>
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